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Front cover:Ceramicist Lorna Fraser, Patriothall Studios

WELCOME 2

INTRODUCTION 4

WASPS IMPACT 2015—16 6

LIVE PROJECTS 8

CREATIVE HUBS ACROSS SCOTLAND’S 16SMALLER CITIES

PROPERTY MANAGEMENT 24

ARTS PROGRAMME 26

FINANCIAL REVIEW, CONTRIBUTORS 34AND SUPPORTERS

TABLE OFCONTENTS

WELCOME—ANDREW BURRELL,

CHAIR

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Welcome to our Annual Review. 2015-16 has been a year of development for Wasps. We have two new executive directors at the helm, four new board members, and have adopted two patrons to keep us moving forward. Our first full year as the newly consolidated Wasps Group has been a busy and productive one. All three entities of the company are now formally linked: The Wasps Trust, Wasps Ltd and Wasps Creative Industries CIC.

This year we welcomed Hilary Nicoll, Stuart Macdonald, Alison Lefroy Brooks, David Logue and Karyn Watt to our board, bringing to the team a wealth of ideas and experience. Sadly Stuart died not long after the end of this Review period and will be sorely missed by us all and a significant loss to the organisation. Longer-term members of the board Tom Laurie and Ian Wall have become patrons of the Wasps group and continue to champion the important work that we do for creative people across the whole of Scotland.

On behalf of the Wasps board, I would like to thank departing board members Steve Inch, Alan Pert, Annette Bruton and Gordon Moir, as well as the aforementioned Tom and Ian, for their services to the organisation over numerous years. We held a festive gathering for all current and former Wasps board members in December 2015. It was an enjoyable occasion and a great opportunity for the many board members, staff and Wasps tenants who attended.

Over the review period we have established some new working partnerships and are pleased to be account-managed by Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, who bring their support services to companies who demonstrate growth potential. We look forward to working with our new partners.

We have also been working in partnership with Highland Council and Highlands and Islands Enterprise to support the expansion of our studio network into the northernmost areas of the mainland – something we have been planning to do for some time. The first of these projects, Links Studios in Nairn, launched in September 2015 and was very positively received with 275 people attending the inaugural open weekend.

Wasps continues to evolve and grow so that we can provide the best support that we can for creative people throughout the country. Much of the art, design and craft that we see in galleries, shops and in the public realm across Scotland is created in Wasps Studios.

My thanks to all board members (past, present and missed), staff, tenants and other stakeholders for assisting us to achieve so much over this year and we look forward to witnessing the further cultural and economic impact of the artistic collaboration that is the embodiment of Wasps.

I hope you enjoy reading of our key achievements over the year of this review.

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INTRODUCTION—AUDREY CARLIN,

SENIOR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

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The review period covers my first full year as senior executive director of Wasps Studios and I am delighted to share with you the many projects, across both our arts programme and our property portfolio, which we have embarked upon.

Since joining the organisation, I have met so many amazing artists and creative people that work within Wasps Studios and it is fantastic to see how our 800 tenants strengthen Scotland’s cultural scene. For example, Wasps’ studios at East Campbell Street in the Gallowgate area of Glasgow celebrated its 30th anniversary this year, whilst artists based in the building witnessed the surrounding locale develop and change into a new cultural quarter for the city.

Over the past year, with changes amongst the staff and board, we have taken a pause to look at the organisation as a whole and undertaken a strategic review to allow us to invest in our infrastructure, assess our reactive and planned maintenance programmes and build up capacity for the future. We have also invested £141,000 into improving our studio spaces.

At a time when the arts and wider creative industries in Scotland are torn between austerity and ambition, it has never been more important to bring affordable workspace and support services to even more artists across the country, and to allow them to make their work.

Our latest projects in Nairn, Skye and Orkney help us to branch out into the Highlands and Islands. This is something we have always wanted to do, and means Wasps can continue to support artists and their work right across the whole of Scotland, Next year we celebrate 40 years of supporting artists in Scotland and absolutely want to make sure that we continue to support Scotland’s creative community in meaningful and collaborative ways. This year we undertook our first capital consultancy project in Aberdeen and aim to develop partnerships in other towns and cities in Scotland where we have identified demand for space and where Wasps experience is requested.

I hope you enjoy reading our annual review, and learning about the exciting journey Wasps has made over the last year.

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WASPS IMPACT

2015—2016

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31Creative businesses

supported with space

£68,000Spend on arts programme

£141,970Spend on property repairs

3,829Visitors to

Wasps Open Studios

788Artists and makers

supported with space

152Artists supported

through our arts programme

23Arts organisations

supported with space

5Capital Projects currently live

9Exhibition spaces

18Buildings

25,736Attenders to

exhibitions and events

28Artists hosted in our residency

spaces and they came from the UK, Germany, Australia, Canada, Austria,

Malta and Peru

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LIVE PROJECTS

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LINKS STUDIOS—Nairn

This project was completed in June 2015 providing 9 studio spaces for 12 local artists.

The studio building was a primary school until 1965 and then closed in 2011 after being used to deliver some NHS services. Since then, the local Fishertown community have been keen to bring the

LINKS STUDIOS

—Nairn

building back into use and were delighted to meet the artists now based here. This success of this project has been a catalyst for our further studio projects in the Scottish Highlands and was supported by Creative Scotland, Highlands and Islands Enterprise and Highland Council.

We held a fantastic launch event for Links Studios in September 2015, inviting project funders, partners and other supporters to the project to join us for an evening of open studios and live music. Around 275 people attended the launch and open studios. Since then, the studios have hosted gigs, creative workshops and spoken word events.

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STROMNESS STUDIOS—Orkney

In partnership with Creative Scotland, Orkney Islands Council and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, we have been able to redevelop the former Stromness Library which has remained empty since the library was moved to new premises in 2015. The local community have been very keen

STROMNESS STUDIOS —Orkney

to see the building being brought back into use and they are delighted that the building will be used as artists’ studios.

This beautiful studio project will provide a permanent home for Soulisquoy printmakers, with four other studio spaces for artists based on the island. A larger studio space on the first floor will provide a shared space for a creative collective of graduates or individual artists working in similar materials.

Stromness Studios will officially open in November 2016 and we look forward to welcoming funders, project partners and the local community to come inside and meet the artists in their working spaces.

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THE ADMIRAL’S HOUSE—Skye

Our newest residency facility on the Isle of Skye is named after Sir Vice Admiral Roderick Macdonald KBE.

The Admiral had a distinguished naval career which included working with NATO, the US Navy, capitaining ships during the Falklands War and as an aide to the Queen. In 2013 The Admiral’s House was kindly gifted to Wasps from the Admiral’s estate to properly honour his passion for the arts.

THE ADMIRAL’S

HOUSE —Skye

The house is stunningly located, sitting in Lower Ollach, about six miles south of Portree. From the house’s grounds you are met with a tremendous view across the Inner Sound, a strait separating Skye and the Island of Raasay from the mainland.

The Admiral’s house is being re-modelled to provide: —3 creative studios in the

grounds of the house —A communal living/kitchen space —3 bedrooms providing

accommodation for visiting creativeartists/ organisations

Alongside visual arts residencies, The Admiral’s House will also support other creative practices including writing, design, music & the performing arts, gaelic language and creative partnerships with other organisations and individuals based on Skye. The project itself will allow artists the time and space to develop their own practice while engaging with the local community and other creative people visiting the house.

We hope that this new facility will attract creative practitioners from all over the world, drawing an international audience to this uniquely beautiful location from November 2016.

This building was bequeathed to Wasps Studios by John Macdonald, the Admiral’s son, with additional support from Creative Scotland.

The Briggait is a collection of Category A listed market halls and Wasps’ HQ in Glasgow. It’s already home to over 150 visual artists and arts organisations. Yet it has large semi-derelict halls within the site. We are planning to transform this area to build Scotland’s first ‘Creation Centre’

The new Briggait Creation Centre will give Glasgow its first dedicated public base for dance and will be Scotland’s first purpose built accessible space for disabled dancers. It will also be Scotland’s first purpose built home for the rapidly growing physical performance sector which includes circus, street theatre, flying trapeze and other aerial skills.

Creation Centres are relatively common in Europe but not the UK. They are spaces for multi-disciplinary art making, often focusing on outdoor performance but mixing visual art, performance, circus and

THE BRIGGAIT CREATION

CENTRE —Glasgow

other art forms. Our project partners are Conflux, YDance, Dance House Glasgow, Aerial Edge and Indepen-dance and the project will give them a permanent base and high quality facilities to grow and to thrive. Each of these companies are experts in their field and have the ability to attract exciting performers to Scotland whilst inspiring artists and performers of the future.

Our collective vision is to create a place where innovation and experimentation across artforms thrive and people of all creative abilities will find a natural home for their talent.

This will be an accessible space for all, filled with opportunities to grow talent. It will create generations of artists who are inspired to cross boundaries, push the limits of their capabilities and achieve their full potential. Over 12,000 participants and 100,000 visitors are set to benefit when we open the doors in 2018.

Collective Architecture has been leading on the design of this second phase of redevelopment which will provide 21,000 sq ft of additional space including specially equipped studios, changing facilities and a café. Here is what some of the project partners say about the project:

National Youth Dance Company of Scotland at Destinations 2015Photo: Paul Watt

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“The realisation of this phase 2 development of The Briggait will be of significant impact to

our organisation in terms of our capacity to grow and expand

our programme of activities for professional and community dancers alike, contributing to our sustainability and allowing us to reach our full potential

by engaging with more people through even more diverse

projects and programmes, and filling a critical gap as identified

in the Dance Sector Review.”—Dance House Glasgow, 2015

“We believe that our participants, whether they are school children trying dance

for the first time, young people seeking to develop their skills

and talent in dance, or teachers and dance professionals who want to improve their capacity

to teach dance, deserve to work in the best possible

conditions, which will not only be comfortable and welcoming,

but will also be inspiring and uplifting. The plans for the

Briggait will provide us with ideal spaces for our work.”

—YDance, 2015

“The new creation centre will allow us to grow and develop

our performance thread through use of the new space and create more student and professional

shows. We feel that the new space will also allow for us to work more collaboratively with

other partners and organisations who share the building and this is something we are very much

looking forward to.”—Aerial Edge, 2015

THE BRIGGAIT CREATION CENTRE—Glasgow

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Impression of interior by Collective Architecture

Impression of interior by Collective Architecture

Aerial Edge Go Dance, Indepen-Dance 2015Photo: Ian Watson

THE BRIGGAIT CREATION CENTRE—Glasgow

This year, we also celebrated the 350th birthday of the Merchant’s Steeple which sits in the Briggait footprint.

Around 60 school children from St. Francis School and Blackfriars Primary School in the Gorbals took part in workshops at the Briggait. The children made beautiful models of Merchant’s Steeple which inspired the design of a birthday cake! Conflux helped us organise the party, providing performers, music and staff to help the children make a model River Clyde complete with boats and fish, followed by lots of dancing!

For those not into cakes, boats and fish, we also conducted a talk and tour in partnership with Glasgow City Heritage Trust, which focused on the historic

markets of the Merchant City and the Briggait’s architectural features.

Plans for the Briggait Creation Centre took a huge leap forward this year and we were delighted to raise £4.63 million to develop the project from the following sources:

—Creative Scotland—Heritage Lottery Fund—Wolfson Foundation—Glasgow City Council—Scottish Government Regeneration Capital Grant Fund—Robertson Trust—Garfield Weston Foundation—The Foyle Foundation—The Hugh Fraser Foundation

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Wasps Annual Review 2015—16

CREATIVEHUBS

ACROSSSCOTLAND’S

SMALLERCITIES

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MIDMILLS—Inverness

SURVEY: INVERNESS

Wasps’ aspiration is to play a part in facilitating dynamic and sustainable creative communities in Scotland’s smaller cities. A strategy has been developed in partnership with Stirling Council, Perth and Kinross Council and Highland Council to explore the viability of creative hubs in each of Scotland’s three smaller cities. Demand research was funded by the Scottish Cities Alliance and surveys in Perthshire and Stirling were completed in 2014/15. In each of the three cities there was overwhelming support from the creative community for a workspace hub in their area.

In May 2015 a survey was carried out in the city to understand demand for a creative hub.

This survey attracted a high response and 157 creative people, based in Inverness and the surrounding area, contributed. The feedback helped to form part of a feasibility study to research the demand for a Creative Hub in Inverness. It was vital that information was gathered from the local community to fully understand the existing studio provision in the surrounding environment, how local artists & Creative Industries work and if there is a genuine desire for a new collaborative Hub in Inverness.

The demand survey gave us the results displayed on the following pages.

As a result of the feedback from the demand survey undertaken, a building is now being considered by Wasps as a creative hub.

Feasibility work began in Summer 2015 into developing the former Inverness Academy on the ‘Midmills’ site in the city centre.

Two Category B listed buildings on the site will be converted by Wasps into creative workspace for artists, makers, designers, creative businesses and social enterprises, project space and café. Fundraising and business planning is now underway to take this aspiration forward.

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15%less than 1 mile

30%more than 20 miles 24%

10—20 miles

9%5—10 miles

5%3—5 miles

17% 1—3 miles

31% — professional artist

39% — self employed or freelance within the creative industries

22% — student in further education or a recent graduate

17% — employed within an educational context 12% — Sole trader

11% — part of a voluntary organisation/charity/social enterprise

8% — employed within the performing arts or entertainment sector

4% — employed within a local government context

4% — community group organiser 8% — other

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DISTANCE FROM RESPONDENT TOINVERNESS CITY CENTRE

RESPONDENT INTERESTED IN CREATIVE HUB IN THE CAPACITY OF....

Survey: Inverness

31% visual artist 14% applied artist or designer

10% student in arts or creative industries

10% cultural development,

curator or museum

10% design

4% music, theatre, film and

broadcasting (production)

4% other3% Outwith creative sector

5% musician & performing arts

6% delivering education or

training

4% publishing or writer

85% income earning opportunities in the creative sector

77% active creative community

75% professional development opportunities (events, training, networking)

69% access to equipment or facilities

58% contemporary exhibition space

4% other

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SECTOR(S) RESPONDENT WORKS IN

FEATURES WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE STUDENTS TO STAY IN INVERNESS

Survey: Inverness

56% more opportunities for formal mentoring

and peer support

44% opportunities to share materials and

equipment

47% opportunity to grow my business

4% other44% a space to enable me to make work I otherwise wouldn’t be able to make

56% make a wider audience or target market see my work

3% a creative hub would make no

difference to my work

56% make me feel less isolated

86% make me feel part of a wider

creative community

60% raise my professional or company profile

76% encourage me to collaborate with other creative professionals

58% make me feel more inspired, push my practice’s boundaries

65% make me more aware of professional

opportunities

68% digital

connectivity

66% natural light 39%

ventilation

32% lockers

(for shared space)

25% individual

water supply

20% three phase

power

18% specialist equipment

or machinery

7% ground floor

access

7% reception

area

5% specific support or

access needs for disability

9% other

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ANTICIPATED BENEFITS OF BEINGPART OF A CREATIVE HUB

REQUIREMENTS FROM A WORKSPACE

21% soundproofed/

noise accomodating space

Survey: Inverness

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61% events/networking opportunities

30% short-term studio for community workshops

47% contemporary arts exhibition space

20% live work space for visiting artists

52% café

23% office space for creative company

38% short-term studio to make artwork

20% kitchen

55% training and skills development

25% mentoring

43% artist’s studio

20% open plan, shared office space for freelancers

49% meeting rooms

21% rehearsal space

33% shared workshop with specialist facilities

14% mailbox service

55% shared studio or office

50% private studio or office

49% project specific short term hire

20% rehearsal space

15% shared desk space or hot desking

FEATURES OF A CREATIVE HUB RESPONDENTS WOULD USE

TYPES OF WORKSPACE INTERESTED IN ACCESSING

Survey: Inverness

CREATIVE EXCHANGE:

PERTH

project and elevated its status to a priority for the City. P&KC are now positioning the project in line with the Scottish Government’s Economic Strategy, the Tay Cities Deal Bid and the Perth City Plan ambitions. This first cultural hub for the city will support the development of artist studios, Creative Industry offices, incubator creative business space, a project/gallery space and a café.

A Project Board has now also been established to guide the project, facilitated by P&KC, with senior representatives from P&KC, Wasps, Perth College, Culture Perth & Kinross and Business Gateway. P&KC has now confirmed its intention to project manage the development of the project with a preference for Wasps to take a long term lease to operate and maintain the facility for the creative community. Wasps will form a key part of the client group and lead on briefing the design development. This is supported by a commissioned business plan to indicate the long term sustainability of the project. Final fundraising is underway and design development is commencing August 2016.

ST. JOHN’S PRIMARY SCHOOL—Perth

The Perth demand survey was completed in 2014, with 223 responses, and considered the suitability of the former St. John’s Primary School as a location for a new cultural space in the city. The school building had been declared surplus to requirement by Perth and Kinross Council (P&KC) and identified as a viable creative hub opportunity for Wasps.

A Steering Group and Community Focus Group were formed in summer 2015 and have developed a momentum for the project. The groups held a community consultation event in Perth Museum in January 2016 and established a project Facebook page.

As a result of this local, artist led activity, P&KC has now taken ownership of the

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STIRLING

The demand survey for a creative hub in Stirling was completed in 2014, with responses from 119 creatives.

We are working with Stirling Council to identify a suitable building and the council continues to consider a series of options in line with their developing cultural and economic strategies.

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Painter Audrey Grant

Wasps Annual Review 2015—16

PROPERTYMANAGEMENT

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We currently manage 18 properties across Scotland and they are all entirely unique. From the Briggait, Glasgow’s former fish market to the Booth which is one of the oldest buildings in Scalloway, Shetland, the management of our estate can be a complex process, across buildings which all have interesting histories.

Overall, the maintenance spend has been increased to £141,000 to reflect the fact that we manage a larger estate and whilst there are important works that remain outstanding we are making headway into the main challenges that we face throughout the varied buildings that we manage.

Updates on our programme of planned and preventative maintenance are reported to our board of directors on a quarterly basis so that they can note progress and ensure that we stay on track.

Where we are

ABERDEEN36-48 Langstane PlaceAB11 6FB

Eagle House15 Shore LaneAB11 5BF

DUNDEE2nd , 3rd and 4th floorsMeadow MillWest Henderson’s WyndDD1 5BY

EDINBURGHPatriothall48A Hamilton Place StockbridgeEH3 5AY

78 Albion RoadLeithEH7 5QZ

2-3 West Park PlaceDalry EH11 2DJ

GLASGOWThe Briggait141 BridgegateG1 5HZ

77 Hanson StreetG31 2HF

South Block60 Osborne StreetG1 5QH

15 East Campbell StreetG1 5DT

IRVINECourtyard Studios128 Harbour StreetKA12 8PZ

KIRKCUDBRIGHTCannonwalls and Claverhouse117 High StreetDG6 4JG

NAIRNLinks StudiosGrant StreetFishertownIV12 4NN

NEWBURGH67 High StreetKY14 6AH

ORKNEYStromness StudiosHellihole RoadStromnessKW16 3DE

SELKIRKUnit 1St Mary’s MillTD7 5EW

SHETLANDThe BoothNew StreetScallowayZE1 0TQ

SKYEThe Admiral’s House4 Lower OllachBraesIV51 9LJ

Improvement to boilers and heating systems has taken priority over the review period. Patriothall Studios in Edinburgh had a more efficient boiler installed in 2015-16 and we have been investigating measures to install more efficient heating to replace older boilers in various locations over the next 12 months.

Presence detection has been installed in three studio buildings to assist in our commitment for controlling and reducing energy usage within communal spaces.

For the first time, we employed a consultant Health & Safety officer to assist us in ensuring all studios are fit for purpose and comply with current regulation standards.

Most importantly, the property team ensure that studio occupancy remains high. At present, around 97% of our studio and office spaces are occupied.

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Wasps Annual Review 2015—16

ARTSPROGRAMME

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There are currently nine public/project spaces in Wasps’ buildings across Scotland with some amazing projects being hosted and curated by our team and collaborators in 2015-16.

Wasps arts programme enhances our offer to artist tenants, offering quality opportunities to see and show new work, and showcasing artistic practices to the wider public. The programme also helps the organisation to raise our public profile, engages more people with artistic processes and attracts funders and potential development partners alike.

As the reputation of the Wasps arts programme and our ambitions have grown, we now find ourselves working with artists and designers at all stages of their careers. Much has been achieved to date and we now present and host 80 exhibitions and events each year, attracting around 25,000 visitors across Scotland.

As Scotland’s only national studio provider we are uniquely placed to provide audiences with a better understanding of the working practices of the 800 creative people we support annually. Our programme also creates better opportunities for members of the public to encounter high quality contemporary visual art, applied art and design within the environment that it is made.

Over the 2015-16 period, the following shows took place in our spaces:

THE BRIGGAIT —Glasgow

27 April—5 June 2015‘Travelogue’ by Clive Brandon

22 June—17 July 2015 ‘At Night I am a Dreamer’ by Emmie McCluskey

22 June—17 July ‘All I want is to take a Bath’ by Margré Steensma

25 July—21 August 2015 ‘Tartan Setts and Pattern Sticks’ by Jim Pattison

25—31 July 2015 ‘Lifted From the Depths of Utility’ by Bobby Sayers

28 August—5 September 2015‘Shapes’ by O-Pin

18 September—21 November 2015‘ANYKENT’ by Laurence Figgis

11 December 2015—22nd January 2016‘Burnt Sierra and the Ship of Theseus’ by Calum Stirling

1—26 February 2016‘Jan Guru’ by Louise Schmid

‘Tartan Setts and Pattern Sticks’ by Jim Pattison

‘Travelogue’ by Clive Brandon

HANSONSTREET

—Glasgow

24 April 2015‘Post-Point, and/or, The Sequential Tangential Potential’ by Beth Kettel

26 September—7 November 2015‘The One Where We Wonder What Friends Did’ by Oliver Braid ‘The One Where We Wonder What Friends Did’

by Oliver Braid

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SOUTHBLOCK

—Glasgow

MEADOWMILL

STUDIOS —Dundee

24 April—22 May 2015 ‘The Making Room’: various designers and makers

5 June—7 August 2015 ‘Chicha Street’ by Elliot Tupac

4—18th September 2015 ‘Lateral North: Possible Arctic Scotland’

10—25 October 2015 Graphic Design Festival Scotland: ‘Off Grid’

10—23 December 2015 Bespoke Atelier Christmas Pop-up

27 June—6th July 2015Print Fest Scotland Group Show

31 July—2 August 2015 ‘This Must Be the Place’ by Natasha Dijkhoff, Yasmin Davidson and Nicola Wiltshire

20—26 February 2016 ‘Bonefold’ by Amy Jones and Fiona McCubbin

‘Chicha Street’ by Elliot Tupac

‘Bonefold’ by Amy Jones and Fiona McCubbin

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CURATOR’SPROGRAMME

The Making RoomThe Making Room brought together the

work of an eclectic group of designers and makers working within a broad range of practices across Scotland. The project consisted of a resource space located at South Block that included objects pertaining to practice, relevant texts and the shared thoughts of the participating designers about making. The exhibition was also accompanied by a vast programme of workshops and talks located in various studios and making spaces across Glasgow and Edinburgh.

All workshops and talks were open to the public and creative professionals and were free of charge. The Making Room aimed to explore why and how designers make across a wide variety of practices

from arduino programming to letterpress printing. The inclusion of the resource space and participatory workshops explored the contrast between research activity and hands-on experience, highlighting the importance of both activities within design and making practices.

The project was designed to be generous in nature, offering great opportunities for practitioners to explore, discuss and share what they do with their peers, the public and other creative professionals.

‘The Making Room’

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Chicha StreetElliot ‘Tupac’ Urcuharanga is a Peruvian

screen-printing and lettering artist. He was tutored by his father, one of the original Chicha poster designers. Chicha Street at South Block was Elliot’s first exhibition in the UK.

The term Chicha first appeared in Peru in the late 1970s to describe a genre of music that mixed up tropical Amazonian cumbia, Andean huaynos and rock & roll. It became the most important expression from the Peruvian Andean population that flooded the coastal cities to escape a decade-long wave of Shining Path-led terrorism.

Chicha has developed to this day as one of the most representative cultures of Peru, transcending its marginal background to become embedded in the public consciousness through musicand art.

Elliot has since developed his own unique and distinguished body of work, building a solid career for the last 15 years, redefining ‘Chicha art’ in the process. His influence is key to understanding a specific Peruvian visual reference that is now leading the “Gráfica Latinoamérica” movement.

Chicha Posters are screen printed on newsprint paper in fluorescent colours typically with a strong black background. The designs are drafted by hand and with extraordinary skill, each layer of colour the result of a hand cut paper stencil. These posters have a very distinct aesthetic and culture behind them and are probably the best visual representation today of Peruvian Chicha culture.

The One Where We Wonder What Friends Did

Illusion, distortion and friendship were among the hallmarks of this exhibition by Oliver Braid. The One Where We Wonder What Friends Did was a sculptural installation taking the form of an Ames room, built by Oliver, which plays with perspective to create an optical illusion.

When viewers looked through a peephole everything inside appeared to be in perfect proportion, but if they saw two people in different parts of the room one would appear huge and the other tiny.

Inside the room were five replicas of works by artists he knows, each piece was distorted to help create the illusion — something people could only realise when they went inside.

The room’s décor recalls the sets used in the hit US TV series Friends, which began 20 years ago and ran for a decade.

“There are no names to identify the people whose work I’ve replicated, but people who know young artists in Glasgow

will be able to identify several of them. I’m very interested in what happens when an artist curates work by other people and then

introduces their own work”—Oliver Braid

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ADDITIONALARTS

PROJECTS

The Anna Lobner Glasgow/Dusseldorf Exchange

Over the past 13 years, the Anna Lobner exchange has given artists from Glasgow and Dusseldorf the opportunity to live, work, explore and research in a new city with a stipend, studio and apartment for two months.

This exchange remains hugely popular and in October and November 2015, sculptor Calum Stirling went to Dusseldorf to develop a new body of work which was exhibited in Atelier an Eck and the Briggait in Glasgow.

“The Anna Löbner Düsseldorf Residency was amazing and I would recommend everyone to apply. It provided a great opportunity to look at, think about and make new work in a city which supports a large contemporary art scene. The

studio apartment is large and bright and the local arts community very friendly and

welcoming.”—Calum Stirling, December 2015

‘Burnt Sierra and the Ship of Theseus’ by Calum Stirling

In return, painter Astrid Styma came to Glasgow and the residency allowed her the time and space to create a body of paintings for an upcoming solo exhibition in Dusseldorf. We are hoping to show these works here in Glasgow in 2017.

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Glasgow Turin Mini ExchangeThis mini exchange took place over

a weekend in September 2015 and was funded by Glasgow City Council Twinning Office. It was organised as a welcome addition to our annual event Wasps Open Studios and in partnership with Acca Atelier, a collective of artists studio spaces across the city of Turin.

The following artists from Glasgow visited Turin on 12—14 June 2015 to visit galleries and studios: Anna Lomas, Jack Cheetham, Janie Nicol and Bobby Sayers.

From 17—19 September, artists Lavinia Raccanello, Carlo Gloria, Claudio Cravero and Cristiano Piccinelli came to Glasgow to visit Wasps Open Studios, various galleries across the city and also attend a civic reception held at the Briggait with Bailie Liz Cameron.

Wasps Open Studios 2015

Wasps Open Studios 2015 took place across 14 venues between September and December 2015. 183 artists took part in the events and 3829 visitors attended.

This event provides our main opportunity to welcome the public into an artist’s working space and chat to them directly about their work. The 2015 edition was the last event in the current format, with future open events having more of a focus on learning, demonstrating and workshop opportunities for the public.

New Graduate Residency in partnership with Holyrood Trust – Kirkcudbright

2015/16 was the final year of a funding partnership with the Holyrood Trust for a residency programme at our Cannonwalls and Claverhouse Studios in Kirkcudbright. The opportunity was targeted at young artists under the age of 26 who either already live in Dumfries and Galloway or would like to move back.

Since 2012, 7 young artists have been supported through the residency and nearly all are still practicing in the region.

In 2015, we held the last edition of this residency and the final artist to benefit from this opportunity was awarded to designer Rosie Reid. Kirkcudbright tenants Ryan Gillan and Suzi Plunkett were awarded this residency previously and are now permanent full time time tenants in the studios. We hope that Rosie will join them and decide to stay.

“After graduating from university with a degree in Textile Design, I was slightly

daunted by my career prospects. I knew two things:

that I didn’t want to live in London, and that I would love to have my own brand. Receiving

the graduate residency position at Kirkcudbright Wasps Studios and being awarded the funding

made the dream of having a brand become a reality.”

—Rosie Reid

Wasps Open Studios 2015, Selkirk

Wasps Annual Review 2015—16

FINANCIAL REVIEW,

CONTRIBUTORSAND

SUPPORTERS

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Wasps Studios

INCOMERental incomeArts Programme incomePublic grantsInterest receivable/other incomeGrant receivable from Wasps TrustDonations from Wasps Creative Industries CICGain on investments

Total income

EXPENSESRental payableArtists’ studio expenditures (excl. rent payable)Arts Programme: expenditureStaffing costsOverheadsInterest and bank chargesDonationsDepreciation

Total expensesNET SURPLUS ON OPERATIONS

Wasps Creative industries CIC

INCOMERental income & service chargesCafé salesInterest receivable/other income

Total income

EXPENSESRental payableTenant service costs (CIC commercial tenants)Café expenditureOverheadsInterest and bank chargesDepreciationInterim donation to Wasps Limited

Total expensesNET SURPLUS ON OPERATIONS

The Wasps Trust

INCOMERental incomeInterest receivable/other incomeGrant income and donations

Total income

EXPENSESStaffing costsOverheadsInterest and bank chargesReorganisation costsOther expensesGrant to Wasps Limited

Total expensesNET SURPLUS ON OPERATIONS

Total surplus on all operations

31 March 2016

1,298,56761,44623,742

30,485475,000130,824

1,5272,021,591

771,225570,740

67,972452,42795,08421,408

110,23256,530

2,145,618-124,027

332,57673,7554,265

410,596

97,98699,97762,93310,078

1,2805,991

130,824409,069

1,527

709,051188

244,887954,126

064,53631,787

00

475,000571,323

382,803

260,303

31 March 2015

1,246,72259,63426,814

536425,000

141,7077,424

1,907,837

716,890444,387

66,794410,311

130,60022,972

058,952

1,850,90656,931

319,45478,678

165398,297

80,35794,88962,4284,4001,3095,783

141,707390,873

7,424

656,31756

5,900662,273

-1,60021,70234,10025,6639,000

425,000513,865148,408

212,763

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Wasps team:

AUDREY CARLINSenior Executive Director for Business Development

STUART MCCUE DICKExecutive Director of Corporate Services

ALISON FULLERTONHead of Development

ALAN SIMPSONHead of Property

CHRIS BIDDLECOMBEStudio Projects Manager

IAN FORDYCEManagement Accountant

DAVID CAMERONMaintenance Officer

LOIS GREENStudios Administrator

HELEN MOORECommunications Officer

MICHELLE EMERY-BARKER

Curator

ALEXIS SMITHFinance Assistant

LILIAS CAMPReceptionist

INGRID SHEARERHeritage Coordinator (July—December 2015)

SARAH POTTERFundraising Officer (July 2015—March 2016)

ROHANNE UDHALL Maintenance Assistant (July—September 2015)

CATRIONA WARDSummer Intern (July—September 2015)

South Block team:

URSULA COXANDY EDWARDSNATALIA PALOMBO

(until December 2015)

All that is Coffee team:

FIONA DANSKINManager

CAROLINA DE MATOS VARANDA,WARRICK BEYERS, CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN,

Baristas

Wasps Board ofDirectors:

ANDREW BURRELLChair(AA) Dip Arch, Dip UD+RP, FRIAS, AOU Development Director, Sigma Capital Property Ltd

PETER MCCAUGHEYVice ChairArtist and Director of Wave Particle Ltd

DAVID BANKIER LLB Solicitor, Pinsent Masons LLP

AUDREY CARLIN BSc (Hons), MRTPISenior Executive Director of Business Development, Wasps Studios

ALISON LEFROY BROOKS

BA (Hons), ACA, MCT Chartered Accountant

DAVID LOGUEPartner, Gardiner & Theobald LLP Property and Construction Consultants

CALUM MACAULAYChief Executive Officer, Albyn Housing Society Ltd

ELEANOR MCALLISTER OBE, FRIAS, FRSA Consultant at Eleanor McAllister Ltd

STUART MCCUE-DICK BACC, CA Executive Director of Corporate Services, Wasps Studios (Secretary of Wasps Trust)

PROF. STUART MACDONALD

OBE, DA, PhD, FNSEAD, Hon FRSA Emeritus Professor, Gray’s School of Art

HILARY NICOLLVisual Arts Consultant

LESLIE ROBB FFA ex Partner, Baillie Gifford and Co, Global Investment Company

KARYN WATTPartner, Anderson Strathearn Asset Management Ltd

MARY WILSON BEd DPEDirector, AMW Property Ltd

The following board members retired over the review period:

ANNETTE BRUTON BEd, DIPSE, Principal, Edinburgh College

DR. STEVE INCH OBE, D.Univ, Bsc (Hons), Dip TRP, MIED Former Executive Director of Development and Regeneration Services, Glasgow City Council

GORDON MOIRPartner at Webb Henderson, Legal and Regulatory Advisors

PROF IAN WALLFRSE, FRICS, DSc, HonFRIAS

MALCOLM DEANS BSc, FRICS, Director of Campus Services, Heriot Watt University

JOHN CRALLAN ARIAS, AADip, Freelance Architect

ALAN PERTOwner, Nord Architecture

Patrons

PROF IAN WALL FRSE, FRICS, DSc, HonFRIAS

TOM LAURIE OBE, Economic Consultant and partner in the Laurie Consultancy

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Aberbrothock Skea Charitable TrustLeng Charitable Trust

The Tay Charitable Trust

SUPPORTERS

Front cover:Ceramicist Lorna Fraser, Patriothall Studios

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